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Mount Vesuvius, seen from the sea.

Map of south Italy and the Mediterranean.

Fig. 1. View of the islands of Santo Stefano και Ventotene, in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Ischia island, near Naples, Italy.

View of Procida, island outside Naples, Italy.

View of Pozzuoli in Naples, Italy.

View of Castel dell'Ovo in Naples, Italy.

Fig. 1. View of Policastro Bussentino in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Lipari, island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Fig. 1. Vulcano island. Fig. 2. Stromboli island.

Fig. 1. View of Reggio di Calabria, in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Scilla, city in Calabria, Italy. Fig. 3. Tower in Calabria, Italy.

Map of Italy, the Ionian islands and Continental Greece.

Map of Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

Map of the city and port of Brindisi in Italy.

Ancient temples at Agrigento, Sicily.

The base of a gigantic column near Syracuse.

Ruins occasioned by the earthquake at Messina.

View at Villa Scabrosa, Catania, Sicily.

Ancient bath in Palagonia, near Catania, Sicily. According to Roman myth, the three small lakes of the area were the birthplace of the Sicilian deities Palici.

A modern structure erected on the site of the ancient cistern in Val di Noto, southeastern Sicily.

Crater of Aetna volcano, Sicily.

Map of Sicily.

Sicilian travellers; possibly a snapshot from the author's journey.

Religious procession in Alcamo, Sicily. Plan of the Doric temple of Segesta.

Inscription in Latin and Greek from Segesta, Sicily.

The Doric temple of Segesta, Sicily. 1. Partial view of the peristyle. 2. Drawing of column and column capital, highlighting the guttae of the entablature.